Essay | The Painting That Explains Trump’s Foreign Policy James K. Polk expanded the U.S. more than any other president. Now his portrait hangs in the Oval Office, a signal that President Trump’s ambition to take over Canada, Greenland and other territory is...

This is a very interesting story:

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Communications Officer — Education | Mott Foundation The Mott Foundation seeks a communications officer to develop and implement communications strategies focusing on the Education program.

If you’re a comms professional who has been working in education and are looking for a new post where you can continue to make a difference for our nation’s young people, please check out this opening at the Mott Foundation.

Trump firings hit Great Lakes sea lamprey program, Michigan forestry workers | Great Lakes Now Fish and wildlife officials tasked with holding back a species that would otherwise decimate the Great Lakes fishery were among those caught up in a mass purge of federal workers.

Federal budget cuts could affect a program that has kept sea lamprey, a voracious predator, from wiping out Great Lakes fish populations. The Mott-supported Great Lakes News Collaborative explores the potential impacts.

Anyone out there ever work in Treasury Payments? I'm curious if this is actually the case:

The Secure Payment System (SPS) employs a strict separation of duties as a core security measure.

The point of the ? Is to know how many people are required to approve a payment and where are they located

We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.